That was also the invasion of the russian army in Germany

Guten Abend ( good evening ) were the first words that two Soviet soldiers addressed in German to the frightened population when they marched into Knoblauch a small village near Berlin. They were these words which took away the pent-up fear of the people intimidated by the propaganda and coverage of the terrible events of the war. . Personal experiences during the time between the end of the war and the immediate post-war period in and around Berlin of a boy and his mother who had previously fled West Prussia and who had experienced the heavy bombing raids in the last phase of the Second World War show a partly different picture than that whatever has always been presented as historical facts.